The Bagsy Blog: The Geese and the Ghost

Sunday, 29 January 2017

Another crisp, cold and dry morning with

FROSTY the ALPACA

in attendance, have often eaten Alpaca medium-rare, pan-fried

but never 'iced'.

In way of a change we decided to nip down to the

IBSLE WATER MEADOWS

and

HARBRIDGE, HAMPSHIRE

in the hope of Bewick's Swan or even the White-fronted Goose

but that was a search in vain!

All to catch the eye was this rather unusually marked

GOOSE

of origin unknown before Chiefy in the

Powered Hang-Glider

put everything to flight with

MUTE SWAN

leading the way.

Oh for a

Vulcan Phalanx

(Sea-Whiz x 4,500 rounds per minute)

not content with just passing over, he had to do a couple of curcuits

of the whole field system before Foxtrot Oscaring!!

The mixed Goose Flock completely spooked!

CANADA GOOSE

and time to beat a retreat down to Blashford.

Again, about the 3rd time this year, there was very little of interest

save for a couple of

COMMON SNIPE

feeding and occasionally scuffling in the margins on

Ibsley Water,

while over the road just

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

(how do they know to take flight just as you get the camera on them??)

and a 'shaky'

TREECREEPER

were in the Oaks around the car park.

Short, and maybe not that sweet we returned to base.